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Ruth Frampton (577 KP) rated Perry Panda: A Story about Parental Depression in Books

Apr 10, 2018  
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Perry Panda: A Story about Parental Depression
Helen Bashford | 2017
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the book that concerned parent, grandparent or even healthcare professions should have available to them.
This book raises the topic of when children blame themselves for the problems of the parent. This story sees a little panda upset and thinking he is a bad boy to make his mummy so sad, but grandma carefully explains and supports him to understand that sometimes mummies need time to heal and simply be.
A book that both me and my 4-year-old daughter have enjoyed and has raised the difficult conversation with her over why mummy is sometimes sad. Thank you.
  
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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated The Witches (2020) in Movies

Apr 29, 2021  
The Witches (2020)
The Witches (2020)
2020 | Adventure, Comedy, Family
1
6.9 (16 Ratings)
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I used to have issue with the original 1990 film adaptation, but compared to this it was as faithful as heck! My main issue with the 90s version is that they turned the boy back into a human at the end. This version did not do this, but they failed to realise why Dahl had him stay a mouse. The poor man will be cartwheeling in his grave! So many great artists were involved in the making of this abomination, both in front and behind the camera, it boggles the mind as to why it turned out to bad!
  
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Guillermo Del Toro recommended The Irishman (2019) in Movies (curated)

 
The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman (2019)
2019 | Biography, Crime, Drama
8.2 (37 Ratings)
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"""“It was in the reign of George III that the aforesaid personages lived and quarreled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now.” – William Makepeace Thackeray, ‘The Luck of Barry Lyndon” A recurring motif in fable and parable is that of the man that loses, trades or sells his shadow in his earthly pursuits. The motif can be seemingly benign as in “Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up,” or rather more troubling as in Von Chamisso’s “Peter Schlemihl,” or Hans Christian Andersen, but it is invariably loaded with existential and symbolic consequence…"""

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Terri Wiltshire (21 KP) rated The Ninth Life of Louis Drax in Books

Sep 1, 2019  
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
Liz Jensen | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Poignant and heart breaking reveals about flawed and disturbed characters (0 more)
Mind warping and brilliantly twisted
Given that the main character in this novel is a boy in a coma it is surprisingly fast paced. The characters are complex and the mystery around Louis condition deepens as each page us turned.
Liz Jensen really explores the limits life, family and indeed our own thoughts put on us and our families, explores the human capacity for warmth and destruction whole painting a very clear grey picture - not everything is good or bad, life is often somewhere in between.
  
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Comealongpond180 (13 KP) rated Lie to Me (Rising Star#1) in Books

Jul 14, 2018  
Lie to Me (Rising Star#1)
Lie to Me (Rising Star#1)
Lee Piper | 2018 | Romance
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
You need this book now!!!
Please go to: http://ramblingbookaddict.blogspot.com/2018/07/lie-to-me-lee-piper.html : transfer goodreads loses editing in transfer.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS BOOK!!!!



So this book ya'll *note to those of you not from the south* *ya'll, you'ins, you people, yo everybody fool is the same thang.* This has been a PSA from the Book Addict. You're welcome.



I'm perfectly aware I stopped mid-sentence to give you a PSA, that's the definition of a PSA. Ahem.



Now that we have that over with, my sarcasm aside, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS BOOK, I REPEAT. Are you looking for a gorgeous bad boy drummer and a friggin' amazing female MC that isn't a damsel in distress!?
THIS IS THE BOOK YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING FOR.



Okay so this dang book (not an insult at all), made me laugh so much throughout it, and it also made me love the sweet moments between Shiloh and Reid.



Reid, oh dear sweet heaven, is the best kind of bad boy. He seems so rough and bad but ddddddddddang boy got deep. hehe.



Where can I get one and STAT!
Movinggggggggggggggg OOOOOON!



Sooo we will talk about Shiloh, she has been like my favorite female main character I have read about in a long, LONG time. She wasn't weak even though she did have some problems, that did not make her weak. A mental health condition, it does not make someone weak! I love that the author went this route and made a strong female character, who was brave and faced her fears! Coming from someone that struggles with strong anxiety and depression, I loved getting to read about a strong, funny and beautiful female main character!



So with that, I end my review! I give Lie to Me 5 out of 5 stars. or should say 5 out of 5 Rising Stars??


Maddy
Aka - The Ramblings of a Book Addict
  
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AmyBee (4 KP) rated Room in Books

Sep 5, 2018  
Room
Room
Emma Donoghue | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.6 (24 Ratings)
Book Rating
I enjoyed this novel, it is set from the vantage point of Jack, a five year old boy who is being kept prisoner with his mum in a garden shed which her kidnapper has converted into a special soundproof 'room'. Jack was born there, so his mother's frustrations on their situation goes over his innocent little head until around halfway through the book when he realises that Old Nick is a bad person. Still, he doesn't understand why. He has a very cute way of anthropomorphising his surroundings, his Rug, and Meltedy Spoon take on characteristics of their own. The only thing that let this book down is that it is sometimes hard for the reader to imagine it is actually a little boy speaking, as some complex feelings and emotions are expressed which are hard to imagine would be understood by a child. I guess though, that an adult writing as a child must be hard so the author must be given some leeway.